On plaque:
Presented To
The Skokie Library
By Skokie Art Guild
Primitive Woman
Sculptor--E. Corley
1967

The sculpture was given to the Skokie Public Library as a gift from the Skokie Art Guild at a ceremony celebrating the opening of the Illinois Sesquicentennial Celebration in December 1967. The sculpture was purchased by the Skokie Art Guild after it had won both the "Best of Show" award at the Skokie Art Festival and the Lincolnwood Art Fair. According to the artist, the sculpture "expresses the 'struggle and hunger of life through the early ages.'" (Life, November 23, 1967, p. 10)

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Hilda Rubin Pierce was born in Vienna, Austria in 1923, but left for England in 1938, when Hitler took over Vienna. She later moved to Chicago and was described, in a 1958 Chicago Tribune article as a “young Chicago artist of great promise.” She exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and taught art. She later wrote a memoir entitled, Hilda: a True Story of Terror, Tears, and Triumph. Pierce's oral history has been recorded by the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive online.

The Library owns another painting by Rubin, “Chicago River.”

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On original plaque:
Barbara Schlenker
THE GARDEN
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fellin
During the 1960s and early 1970s, Barbara Schlenker’s (1915-1991) work was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, and the National Design Center. She was also president of the North Shore Art League before moving to Michigan in the late 1970s.

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On original plaque:
Carl Schwartz
THE VILLAGE: CARL SANDBURG
Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin
“Sandburg Village” is a neighborhood of apartment buildings on the north side of Chicago built during the 1960s as part of an urban renewal project.

Originally from Detroit, Carl E. Schwartz (1934-2014) studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago. He taught figure drawing and painting at the North Shore Art League for nearly thirty years. His work is in numerous private, corporate, and museum collections. The Library owns three other works by Schwartz, “Iron Mountain, Michigan No.3,” “Sculptress Kay Hoffman,” and “Chess Game.”

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On original plaque:
Carl Schwartz
SCULPTRESS-KAY HOFFMAN
Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin
Originally from Detroit, Carl E. Schwartz (1935-2014) studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago. He taught figure drawing and painting at the North Shore Art League for nearly thirty years. He and Kay Hofmann [sic], a sculptor in Chicago, were married for a time. His work is in numerous private, corporate, and museum collections. The Library owns three other works by Schwartz, “Iron Mountain, Michigan No.3,” “The Village: Carl Sandburg,” and “Chess Game.”

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Arturas Slapsys was born in Lithuania in 1962 and studied at Kaunas University of Technology. Since his move to the United States in 1996 his popularity has grown. The Lithuanian Postal Service has issued three postage stamps using his designs.

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On original plaque:
Tuna
ENERGY
acrylic on canvas
Gift of the Family
in memory of Dr. Romuald Walczyk
The artist, John R. Sobeck, Jr. (1947-2001) painted under the name, “TUNA.” The Library owns another painting by Sobeck, “Petrified Journey One Thru Ten,” which is in the Petty Auditorium on the First Floor.

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